The "New Economists" and Military Keynesianism

The “New Economists” and Military Keynesianism

Joseph Salerno, Revisionist History of War Conference, 2025

Tags: Politics, War and Foreign Policy

05/19/2025 Joseph T. Salerno

Military Keynesianism wasn’t just economic policy, it was socialism in disguise. Joseph Salerno reveals how John F. Kennedy’s economists used war spending and deficits to erode liberty under the guise of stability and growth.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 17, 2025.

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